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Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution. Mr. Violanti / Mrs. Verni Spring, 2012. KEY TERMS. Bolsehvik: Group led by Lenin. Wanted Communism to rule Russia. Head of Revolution. Censorship : government control of all media. Collective : government owned farm where all is shared equally.

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Russian Revolution

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  1. Russian Revolution Mr. Violanti / Mrs. Verni Spring, 2012

  2. KEY TERMS • Bolsehvik: Group led by Lenin. Wanted Communism to rule Russia. Head of Revolution. • Censorship: government control of all media. • Collective: government owned farm where all is shared equally. • Command Economy: Government makes all decisions regarding the economy. • 5 yr. Plan: Stalin’s plan to industrialize Soviet Union. FAILS. • Friedrich Engles: co-author of Communist Manifesto. • Joseph Stalin: Dictator of USSR, 1924-1953.

  3. KEY TERMS • Karl Marx: co-author of Communist Manifesto • Leon Trotsky: partner of Lenin, founder of Bolsheviks. • New Economic Policy: Lenin’s plan. Government controlled banks, industry, and foreign trade. • Proletariat: The Working Class. • Russification: Russian Culture adopted by all countries in the Soviet Union. • Soviet: Workers Council. • Communist Manifesto: Book which outlines a revolution of the proletariat over capitalists. • Totalitarian State: Total Control of the Leader. • Vladimir Lenin: founder of Bolsheviks. First premier of Soviet Union.

  4. What Causes Revolutions Poor Leadership (political) Unfair Class System (social) Taxes, Starvation (economic)

  5. Revolutions. What causes them?

  6. Russian Revolution CAUSES (1917-1921) CZARIST RULE: Nicholas II used harsh tactics to stop reform. Secret Police(Political) PEASANT UNREST: Poverty. No social mobility. Starvation. Uneducated population. (Social, Economic) URBAN WORKERS: Long hours, low wages. Slums, poverty, disease. (Social, Economic) DIVERSITY AND NATIONALISM: Czars controlled groups and minorities. Believed in RUSSIFICATION (political)

  7. Key People Czar Nicholas II Karl Marx Joseph Stalin Vladimir Lenin

  8. Karl Marx • Voice of the working class • Believed everyone should be equal • Developed plan to reform society  SOCIALISM • Working class overthrow government and take power from rich Marxism

  9. Czar Nicholas II Stubborn ignores the conditions & concerns of the people Unfit to manage the Russian Empire Russia experiences food shortages Gives up (abdicates) the throne when Revolution breaks out Mystery of the Romanov assassination

  10. Vladimir Lenin • Believed in Marx’s SOCIALISM • Leader of Bolshevik Party • Goal: ”PEACE! BREAD! LAND!” • *Takes power after Revolution • “New Economic Program” • ~controlled farming, labor • & trade Lenin’s Death

  11. Lenin Rules Russia Withdraws Russia from WWI Communist Party rules government Secret Police & Military ‘New Economic Policy’: fix economy ~Government controls most: Banks -Industry -trade Trotsky murdered, Lenin Dies Stalin takes powerAssumes Complete authority.

  12. Joseph Stalin • Believed in Marx’s SOCIALISM • Appoints himself ruler after Lenin’s death • Cruel, greedy, paranoid. • ~The PURGES • 5 Year Plan • ~develop Russia’s industry • ~forced labor • ~FAILS**** Josef Stalin

  13. Stalin Rules Russia Totalitarian State Russification one Russian culture (Censorship & Propaganda) KGB  Secret police (KGB) Industrialization 5 Year Plans (FAIL) Collectivization  government owned/controlled farms Forced famine government controlled crops (Ukraine) Secret Police

  14. Animal Farm, George Orwell Animal Farm

  15. Characters of Animal Farm

  16. Revolutions. What are Results? • New Leadership (political) • New Class System (social) • New Jobs, equal tax (economic)

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